Philip K. Dick

Conger is given a chance to be released from prison on the condition that he completes one job-he must travel back in time and kill a man who, if allowed to live, will later change the world.

Stark terror ruled the Inner-Flight ship on that last Mars-Terra run. For the black-clad Leiters were on the prowl ... and the grim red planet was not far behind. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Stark terror ruled the Inner-Flight ship on that last Mars-Terra run. For the black-clad Leiters were on the prowl ... and the grim red planet was not far behind. In the distant future, when Earth and Mars are on the verge of war, the last Earthmen departing the red planet are held up by Martian soldiers searching for three saboteurs who destroyed an entire Martian city-an event that will quickly bring the precarious interplanetary conflict to a head.

An influential short story by Philip K. Dick first published in Space Science Fiction magazine, in May 1953. It is one of Dick's many stories in which nuclear war has rendered the Earth's surface to an uninhabitable, gray ash pile, and the only things remaining are killer robots. (source: Wikipedia)

Imagine an advanced spacecraft powered by the human brain. That's the remarkable technology at the heart of this fascinating short story by science fiction mastermind Philip K. Dick. A professor nearing the end of his natural lifespan donates his brain to the cutting-edge research effort - but will he ultimately follow along with the plan?

Fantastic Universe started publishing in 1953 and continued until March 1960. It was one of the better magazines to launch during the boom in science fiction magazines publishing. It published many important stories by some of the fields best known writers. Collected in this over sized edition are more than 175,000 words of science fiction and fantasy. Escape back to the golden age of science fiction Exile from Space by Judith Merril Cogito, Ergo Sum by John Foster West Grove of the Unborn by Lyn Venable Two Plus Two Makes Crazy by Walt Sheldon Song in a Minor Key C. L. Moore The Helpful Robots by Robert J. Shea There Will Be School Tomorrow by V. E. Thiessen The Answer by H. Beam Piper It's All Yours by Sam Merwin, Jr. Rex ex Machina by Frederic Max This One Problem by M. C. Pease Small World by William F. Nolan The Cartels Jungle by Irving E. Cox, Jr. This Is Klon Calling by Walt Sheldon The Velvet Glove by Harry Harrison Moment of Truth by Basil Wells No Hiding Place by Richard R. Smith Beyond the Door by Philip K. Dick The Laminated Woman by Evelyn E. Smith Be it Ever Thus by Robert Moore Williams The Man the Martians Made by Frank Belknap Long My Father, the Cat by Henry Slesar I like Martian Music by Charles E. Fritch They Twinkled like Jewels by Philip Jos Farmer The Mighty Dead by William Campbell Gault Out of the Earth by George Edrich Martyr by Alan E. Nourse To Remember Charlie By by Roger Dee The Amazing Mrs. Mimms by David C. Knight The Sensitive Man by Poul Anderson

Det här är en ask med berättelser av fyra legendariska science fiction-författare. Här samsas mörka dystopier med förgörande robotkrig, dolda riken och ödesdigra tidsresor - lysande noveller av sci fi-genrens grundare och mästare. Asken innehåller fyra böcker: H. G. Wells - De blindas rikeUrsula K. Le Guin - Ett nytt AtlantisRay Bradbury - Ett dån av åskaPhilip K. Dick - Försvararna"Allra bäst är science fiction i novellform, och därför är det extra roligt när novellförlaget Novellix för sin första science fiction-utgivning har valt fyra av seriens giganter [...] Novellkvartetten speglar bredden i genren ... Philip K Dicks 'Försvararna' från 1953 och Ursula K Le Guins 'Ett nytt Atlantis' från 1975 skulle kunna vara dystopier skrivna i dag, vilket är både märkligt betryggande och ofantligt skrämmande"Dagens Nyheter "Tänk tv-serien "Black mirror" på papper." SydsvenskanNovellix ger ut stora läsupplevelser i litet format! En novell per bok, och alltid med originalomslag av svenska formgivare, illustratörer och konstnärer. Novellerna säljs både styckvis och förpackade i fina presentaskar.

From the visionary creator of Blade Runner, and now made into the hit Amazon series 'The Man in the High Castle', executive produced by Ridley Scott

The ten short stories which inspired the hit TV series Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, from the author of BLADE RUNNER and MINORITY REPORT, with new material by the producers and directors of the show!

The film tie-in edition of the cult classic Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

One of the very best must-read SF novels of all time.

The classic sci-fi novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which inspired two major motion pictures: Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049 By 2021, the World War has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remain covet any living creature, and for people who can't afford one, companies build incredibly realistic simulacra: horses, birds, cats, sheep. They've even built humans. Immigrants to Mars receive androids so sophisticated they are indistinguishable from true men or women. Fearful of the havoc these artificial humans can wreak, the government bans them from Earth. Driven into hiding, unauthorized androids live among human beings, undetected. Rick Deckard, an officially sanctioned bounty hunter, is commissioned to find rogue androids and "retire" them. But when cornered, androids fight back--with lethal force. Praise for Philip K. Dick " Philip K. Dick] sees all the sparkling--and terrifying--possibilities . . . that other authors shy away from."--Rolling Stone "A kind of pulp-fiction Kafka, a prophet."--The New York Times

Philip K Dicks legendariska självbiografiska roman VALIS i översättning av Andreas Vesterlund och med efterord av John-Henri Holmberg. I mars 1974 är Philip K Dick med om något högst extraordinärt. Han öppnar sin dörr för att ta emot en ung kvinna som sänts ut av apoteket med en förpackning värktabletter åt honom. I samma stund som han öppnar dörren reflekteras solljuset i kvinnans halssmycke - utformat som en gyllene fisk - och en koncentrerad ljusstråle i en unik färgnyans träffar Dicks ögon. Under loppet av några sekunder upplever han att en oändlig mängd information förs över till hans hjärna. Information om alltifrån hur universum och tillvaron i stort fungerar till enskilda detaljer som att hans åtta månaders son har en allvarlig sjukdom och måste opereras. Fram till sin död 1982 ägnar Dick sedan merparten av sin tid åt att söka klarhet i vad som hänt med honom. Det system, eller det väsen, han har fått kontakt med kallas VALIS. Här är boken om VALIS. "När han öppnade dörren fick han se en vacker mörkhårig ung kvinna som höll fram en liten vit påse med Dexofen. Men trots sin enorma smärta brydde sig Fat inte alls om tabletterna, för han var helt fokuserad på det glittrande guldhalsband som hängde om halsen på flickan, han kunde inte ta ögonen från det. Fast han var omtöcknad av smärta - och av tiopentalen - och utmattad efter den påfrestning han genomlidit, lyckades han ändå fråga flickan vad guldsymbolen som hängde i halskedjan symboliserade. Det var en fisk, i siluett. Flickan rörde vid fisken med sitt smala finger, och sa: 'Det är en symbol som användes av de tidiga kristna.' Omedelbart drabbades Fat av en flashback. Han mindes - för en halvsekund bara. Mindes antikens Rom, och sig själv som en av de tidiga kristna. Hela den antika världen och hans undangömda förskrämda liv som hemlig kristen jagad av de romerska myndigheterna vällde in i hans hjärna... och sen var han tillbaka i Kalifornien 1974, och tog emot den lilla vita påsen med värktabletter från flickan."

Includes "The Golden Man," the basis for the motion picture Next "The collected stories of Philip K. Dick are awe inspiring." --The Washington Post Many thousands of readers worldwide consider Philip K. Dick to have been the greatest science fiction writer on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's work has continued to mount and his reputation has been enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now presented annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K. Dick Society is devoted to the study and promulgation of his works. This collection draws from the writer's earliest short and medium-length fiction (including several previously unpublished stories) during the years 1952-1955, and features such fascinating works as Second Variety, Foster, You're Dead, The Father-Thing, and many others. Here, readers will find Dick's initial explorations of the themes he so brilliantly brought to life in his later work. Dick won the prestigious Hugo Award for best novel of 1963 for The Man in the High Castle and in the last year of his life, the now-classic film Blade Runner was made from his novel Do Androids Dream Electric Sheep? More recently, Dick's short story The Minority Report inspired a Steven Spielberg movie as well as a TV series. The classic stories of Philip K. Dick offer an intriguing glimpse into the early imagination of one of science fiction's most enduring and respected names. "A useful acquisition for any serious SF library or collection." --Kirkus Reviews "More than anyone else in the field, Mr. Dick really puts you inside people's minds." --Wall Street Journal With an Introduction by John Brunner